Boy asks Santa to help his friend with cerebral palsy

"I want you to give a special person a very special gift. His name is Dakota and I want you to give him the ability to play sports, have special friends and for people to be kind to him."

Those were the words that moved Gladstone man David Bromilow to tears.

It was a letter written by a boy named Silas, a grade 5 boy in the USA, about his friend Dakota, who has cerebral palsy.

During one of Dakota's classes, the students were asked to write letters to Santa, detailing what they wanted for Christmas.:

"Dear Santa,

I want you to give a special person a very special gift. His name is Dakota and I want you to give him the ability to play sports, have special friends and for people to be kind to him.

First of all, you can let him have the ability to play sports. You can do that by giving him the ability to have the same speed, strength, agility and balance as us. If you give him this he would be the happiest person in the history of people.

Next, you can give him special friends. You can do that by giving people the ability to be friendly and spend time with him. It would be the best day of his life. And it would help him out.

The last thing I want you to do is for you to make people be kind to him. For you to make people to be kind to him, all you can do is give people the ability of kindness

I want you to do this because Dakota is a very special person. He is a very special person to me, his family, his friends and mostly God. If you can do this, Dakota would be happy. And his family would be happy too."